- CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE PROGRAMS
(Below 18 years old)
PROGRAMS and/or CONCERNS:
- High incidence of children in difficult circumstances such as:
- Sexually abused child/exploited
- neglected child
- abandoned child
- maltreated child
- Full implementation of RA 7610 in coordination with line agencies.
- Provision of protective custody over the victims as needed, thru Center for Girls, Lingap Center, RSCC and other institution catering services to the child.
- Provision of therapeutic intervention/services to the child and to the family thru trained Social Workers.
- A study of the profile of perpetrators to establish some clues that would help in designing interventions to minimize if not, eradicate the occurrence of child abuses.
- Provision of Supplemental feeding to moderately and severely underweight children 0-6 years old.
- Reactivate and orient the barangay councils/committees on the update of late issues/concerns regarding the protection of child sexual abuses/incest rape and other forms of abuses.
- Provision of special services to children and their families.
- Community based services to delinquent youth.
- EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
- Capability building thru provision of Disaster Management to LGU, PO’s and clientele.
- Training of families in high risk prone areas on disaster preparedness likewise.
- Involvement of GO’s and NGO’s on their responsibilities in providing basic social services to the people.
- Provision of Emergency Shelter Assistance to the victims of man-made and other natural disasters.
- Provision of limited and financial and or material Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation.(AICS)
- Provision of Disaster Relief Intervention to man-made and natural disaster.
- Recommending and referring victims of calamities to other agencies for assistance such as technical, medial and financial assistance
- WOMEN’S WELFARE PROGRAM
(18-59 years old, single, married & solo parent)
PROGRAMS and/or CONCERNS:
- Increasing incidence of Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances
- Battered women
- Rape victims
- Victims of incest
- Stranded, unwed, solo parent in crisis situation
- lack of base line data for community/barangays with high incidence of family violence, hence, a need for research study
- No special court to handle cases on domestic violence including persecution of sexual abuse, incest and rape cases, hence, legal procedure/persecution is slow.
- Conduct baseline survey using the participative approach in target barangays.
- organization of community based volunteer task force that would respond to the issues in family violence (RA 9262)
- Information dissemination and advocacy in the implementation of laws that would respond and protect abuses and exploitation on women like RA 9262.
- Conduct training on Parent Effectiveness Service (PES) Women Modular Session.
- Provision of social services and intervention to WEDC
- Implement SEA K para sa kabataan.
- Referral and recommend women to other agencies for intervention.
- DISABLED AND ELDERLY PROGRAMS
- Conduct baseline survey of the disabled persons and federate them to association.
- Continue organizing and recruiting of members of senior citizen’s federation of Tinambac, CS.
- Children with signs and symptoms of disabilities are provided with the proper intervention and rehabilitative services.
- Conduct of information dissemination on disability prevention.
- Provision of assistance for Physical Restoration.
- Conduct after-care follow-up services
- Referral and recommend disabled and elderly persons for social welfare intervention.
- FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAM
- Training of community volunteers on Parents Effectiveness Service aimed to reach-out to parents and their substitutes and assumes the major educational role in the child’s rearing and development.
- Conduct marriage counseling services to would-be couple.
- Implement Responsible Parenthood Service to couples assisted towards deciding on family size and practice child spacing.
- Conduct family casework counseling to families on role performance and relationship.
- Provision of Special Social Service for Solo Parent RA 3972 (Solo-Parent Welfare Act of 2000).
- Orientation of child and family welfare program to barangay officials for them to become an instrument in encouraging target residents for change.
- COMMUNITY WELFARE PROGRAM
- Trained volunteers and mobilize for community services.
- Organize community welfare structures.
- Continue networking to concerned agencies to reach out problems and issues.